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Les Mis: Concluding "Cemeteries Take What They Are Given"

"The other Fauvent"

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Jeremy Anderberg
May 31, 2026
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Hello readers!

This week we finished the powerful section “Cemeteries Take What They Are Given” (as well as “Part” or “Volume” Two) — which is where the vast majority of my notes for the week came from. So we’re going to stay there for this recap. Next week we’ll read Chapters V-XI of “Paris Through the Study of One of Its Atoms,” and I’ll then recap wh…

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